micrometers

[Satatic]

I just bought a set of micrometers http://www.centraltools.com/all_images/products/3M113cat.jpg. They 0-3inch( one is 0-1 inch, next is 1-2 inch, last one is 2-3 inch) and move in graduations of .0001. So umm, how do I read them? How do I say .0001 is that ten thousandths of an inch? What I really needed was something that reads in graduations of .001 but these should do that right? What is .001 is that one thousandth of an inch? .01 is one hundreth? .1 is one tenth? So many questions.

[dternst]

.1 = tenths of an inch
.01 = hundredths of an inch
.001 = thousandths of an inch
.0001 = ten-thousandths of an inch
.00001 = hundred-thousanths of an inch

Tricks of the trade... (http://www.woodjig.com/Gage%20tips.htm)

Reading micrometers... (http://www.hastingsmfg.com/Service%20Tips/micrometer.htm)

How to read Inch Micrometers... (http://www.mitutoyo.com/catalog/pdf/L-03.pdf#search='how%20to%20use%20micrometers')

I just performed a search on Yahoo using the following: "How to read micrometers".

Good luck,

David

[Satatic]

I just performed a search on Yahoo using the following: "How to read micrometers".

Good luck,

David

I did not even think of that, but those links really helped out a lot. Just looking at the examples cleared it up big time, thanks.

[tonydanzah]

how about a 5 year update?

[stewart]

Ok, now that you've got it, I'm gonna confuse you a little, but trust me. 0.1 is one tenth, and .0001 is one ten thousandth. But when your talk'n tech with the big boys, you call ten thousandths, tenths. You might come up with a dimension of 2.7534 and you might be making a slip fit and the diameters a little big, you'd tell a machinist to take off a few tenths. He'd hand you back the part at 2.7532.

[Major Ramifications]

A few is three, a couple is two. I'd hand it back to him and explain the difference.:)

[rasit]

What happens if you ask to shave off a cu*t hair?

[egdede]

What happens if you ask to shave off a cu*t hair?


I'm still wondering what the metric equivalent is.

[87GN]

I'm still wondering what the metric equivalent is.

Depends. Is it blonde, brunette, or red? I think the brunette is the thickest and the red are the thinnest.Not sure, and haven't made a side by side live comparision yet. I'll leave that up to the our more experienced members.

[MattT]

Depends. Is it blonde, brunette, or red? I think the brunette is the thickest and the red are the thinnest.Not sure, and haven't made a side by side live comparision yet. I'll leave that up to the our more experienced members.

That's what I found in my ummm field research :-)

Back to topic I'd like to give one of those cheap mike sets a calibration with my Mitutoyo slips ond optical flat. I suspect I'd have to slap "For indication only" stickers on 'em.